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- Title
Expression of the glutamyl-tRNA synthetase gene from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942 depends on nitrogen availability and the global regulator NtcA.
- Authors
Luque, Ignacio; Contreras, Asunción; Zabulon, Gérald; Herrero, Antonia; Houmard, Jean
- Abstract
Summary We report here transcriptional analyses of a cyanobacterial gene encoding an aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (aaRS), the gltX gene from Synechoccocus sp. PCC 7942, coding for the glutamyl-tRNA synthetase. We show that the transcript levels of gltX in Synechococcus depend on nitrogen availability and do not increase with the growth rate, which is at odds with observations from other bacteria. We also demonstrate the involvement of the cyanobacterial global regulator NtcA in transcriptional control of gltX according to nitrogen status. Our results support a regulatory model in which the gltX transcript level is finely tuned by a dynamic equilibrium between activation and repression relying upon the cellular concentration of NtcA.
- Subjects
LIGASES; RNA; CYANOBACTERIA
- Publication
Molecular Microbiology, 2002, Vol 46, Issue 4, p1157
- ISSN
0950-382X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.03236.x